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TOMS 'Art of Giving' exhibition featuring Lauren Fox

Opens in Edinburgh, Friday, 18 January, and along with 19 other artists in Edinburgh, I've been asked to contribute. The concept of the exhibition is to use a pair of Toms shoes and sunglasses as a canvas to make a piece about 'what giving means to me'. Not what I usually work with, but alongside each Toms creation, the artist can also exhibit a piece of their own work - so I thought I'd give it a go.

It's been an interesting process, thinking about what giving means to me, as well as using a pair of shoes and some Toms paraphernalia to express my ideas….. I've decided in the end, that giving in today's world, is often about seeing the person behind the product - about appreciating the hands that go in to making all of the things we use and buy and throw away in our every day lives, and making more responsible decisions as a result. So I'm personifying the product I've been provided with, whilst also connecting the design to my own piece, Manta, that I will be showing in the exhibition alongside it. Photos to come - my Toms piece will be revealed at the Private View next week - but in the meantime here is an of image of Manta.

For more information about Toms, and their Art of Giving project, visit their blog

Toms 'The Art of Giving' opens in at Whitespace Gallery, 11 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh EH1 3NT on Friday 18 January at 6pm, and runs until Friday 1 Feb. Please do come along if you can!

To find out more about Lauren's work, and to keep up to date with her, please visit her blogor follow her on Twitter.

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